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Bross, Irwin DJ
(1921-2004) American public-health advocate and biostatistician who initiated and designed methods for analysing vehicle crash injury cause and effect, and conducted clinical studies of the relation between low-level radiation exposure and…
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- Motulsky dye test A test for glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD), a cause of anemia and the most common enzyme…
- Keratotic scabies See crusted scabies
- Perimenopause The menopause transition. Perimenopause begins about 6 years before the natural menopause. This is a time…
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) See: SAD.
- Body fat scales See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Phase, resting More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the…
- Deficiency, niacin See: Pellagra
- Reactant, acute phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Focal sclerosis See: Multiple sclerosis
- Tetraethyl lead Tetraethyl lead.
- BMPR1A A gene located on chromosome 10 in band 10q22.3 that encodes bone morphogenic protein receptor 1A, a kinase…